An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 2 May 1967, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 24 were up for election; two in Liberton and St. Andrew's wards, and one in every other ward.
After the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 37 Progressives, 29 Labour councillors, 2 Conservatives, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to five seats.
Aggregate results Edinburgh Corporation election, 1967[ 1] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Progressives 14 2 1 1 56.0 44.4 50,655 Labour 9 0 3 3 28.1 32,084 Conservative 2 2 0 2 0.0 6.7 7,588 Liberal 0 0 0 10.3 11,772 SNP 0 0 0 0.0 7.8 8,870 Communist 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 3,045
Ward Results Location of Broughton ward Broughton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Leonard A. Bailey 2,464 Liberal Eric W. Hall 1,603 Labour Ian R. Hoy 1,154 Majority 861 Progressives hold
Location of Calton ward Calton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Catherine B. M. Filsell 5,327 Labour James E. Boyack 1,886 Majority 3441 Labour hold
Location of Central Leith ward Central Leith Party Candidate Votes % Labour Barbara Woodburn 1,472 SNP Mary G. Thomson 1,377 Communist Theodore C. Taylor 153 Majority 95 Labour hold
Location of Colinton ward Colinton Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Victor J. Symes 2,223 Labour Philip S. Wood 2,023 Majority 200 Progressives gain from Labour
Location of Corstorphine ward Corstorphine Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Rupert Speyer 3,682 Liberal Thomas M. Frew 2,122 SNP William W. Neil 1,696 Majority 1,560 Progressives hold
Location of Craigentinny ward Craigentinny Party Candidate Votes % Labour Phyllis Herriot 1,857 Conservative Geraldine R. Johnston 293 Majority 1,564 Labour hold
Location of Craigmillar ward Craigmillar Party Candidate Votes % Labour John Kane 2,842 Communist Geraldine R. Johnston 2,534 Majority 308 Labour hold
Location of George Square ward George Square[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives James Slack 1,803 Labour George Foulkes 788 Liberal Fiona M. Cowles 602 Majority 1,015 Progressives hold
Location of Gorgie-Dalry ward Gorgie-Dalry Party Candidate Votes % Labour Donald M. Swanson 1,988 Progressives Mary A. M. Hislop 1,463 Liberal Raymond T. Barker 689 Majority 525 Labour hold
Location of Holyrood ward Location of Liberton ward Location of Merchiston ward Merchiston[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Mauricde Heggie 2,920 Liberal Joyce Shein 2,325 Majority 595 Progressives hold
Location of Morningside ward Morningside[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Nansi H. Mansbridge 4,017 SNP Ian A. Macdonald 832 Liberal Thomas Glen 510 Labour John C. Campbell 396 Majority 3,185 Progressives hold
Location of Murrayfield-Cramond ward Murrayfield-Cramond[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Robert M. Knox 5,712 Labour Thomas H. Greig 1,705 Majority 4,007 Progressives hold
Location of Newington ward Newington[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives G. Hedderwick 4,498 Liberal J. Grahamslaw 1,283 Labour D. E. S. Truman 1,175 Majority 3,215 Progressives hold
Location of Pilton ward Pilton[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Magnus J. Williamson 1,975 SNP William Thomason 1,509 Communist Charles McManus 358 Majority 466 Labour hold
Location of Portobello ward Portobello[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Archibald D. Jameson 3,380 SNP Adam A. D. Hare 1,494 Labour Ronald D. M. Brown 997 Majority 1,886 Progressives hold
Location of Sighthill ward Sighthill[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Isobella O. M. Stewart Unopposed Labour hold
Location of South Leith South Leith[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Thomas S. Ramage 2,430 Labour Anne K. R. Simpson 2,234 SNP Douglas S. Walker 1,181 Majority 196 Progressives gain from Labour
Location of St Andrews ward St. Andrews (2 seats)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Ronald R. Duff 2,144 Progressives Craig H. Richards 1,067 Progressives Roger O. S. Miller 850 SNP Francis C. Yeoman 781 Labour Gavid Kennedy 599 Labour Ernest Arden 552 Conservative gain from Progressives Progressives hold
Location of St Bernards ward St. Bernards[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Progressives John Millar 3,105 Liberal William Murray 2,098 Labour Christopher Harvie 1,256 Majority 1,007 Progressives hold
Location of St Giles ward St. Giles[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Charles R. Stuart 1,166 Conservative George T. Edwards 941 Majority 225 Labour hold
Location of West Leith ward West Leith Party Candidate Votes % Progressives Margaret B. A. Ross 4,030 Labour Ian M. Christie 1,232 Majority 2,798 Progressives hold
References ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald . 5 May 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2020 . (1966 ←)
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